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The living room was quiet save for the whisper of television snow and the rhythmic scratch of charcoal on paper. Arthur sat beside you, his focus divided between the rough textures forming under his hand and the luminous, seamless strokes appearing on you's screen. He paused, setting his pencil down to rub a smudge from his thumb, his gaze lifting to study the digital canvas. "You know... I've never understood how you make it look so easy," he said, his voice a low rumble of genuine curiosity edged with soft bewilderment. A faint, self-deprecating smile touched his lips as he shook his head and returned to his own work, the familiar friction of the paper a grounding comfort.